Recent content by chrizEHS

murhhhh-PR-rep-murhhhhhhhhh no just kidding, but I do see what you mean about pro's first, schools-consultants will follow. on a side note --you guys must have the coolest headquarters.

Just to add to what propmonkey said, for example our community theater has a bunch of 360q's from the original electric install, they are not as cool looking as source 4s, but to my untrained eye when used by the more professionally trained LD they look just as good on stage ( on a side...

I talked to Fred Foster himself and he realizes this Express "product gap" problem and I am sure thier next replacement for that "middle school music teacher" is going to be a smash. On a side note its amzaing the number of high school still buying express systems.just my thoughts. Disclaimer...

ok guys, that makes perfect sense, When you reason it out, mechanical-screw, electronic-leads.... Thanks guys C. whitman p.s. to ship- I have been trying to read you posts whenever I have some spare time. VERY informative. thanks.

~Disclaimer-Completely random question~ why do switches have screw terminals and dimmers have leads? -let me clarify that - I am talking about Home-Depot-at-5-$-a-pop type stuff here. Just a basic unit of both kinds of units. I just noticed that and i figured it would be cool to understand...

First off thanks for the great response. 2nd for a pizza pan and an exacto knife thats preety cool To clarify, We do buy gobos but this one was a custom cut one that said "Talent Show" in stylized lettering. As a high school,we are very poor, next door is an intermediate school district...

First let me start out by stating that I do not fall into the "lets ask the Control booth people about something completely ridiculous/out of our(my) league and do it anyway" category. i am too much of a safety nut and too cheap to brake stuff. Anyway, while cleaning I found a home brew...

wow.I am don't think the insurance people or the fire marshal would like him messing with the alarm. I just love it when people make things more complicated than they have to be. But some things aren't........ like fire fire in a school = get out. tell its that simple :) Soory for...

i know nothing about high-end audio transmission interfaces, so let me throw my 2 cents in and you guys can shut me down. Use SPDIF coaixal (it seems in longer distances the coax is cheaper than the optical) Ok

I don't know mutch a about stock media, but I have found a ton of stuff on the internet archive and its all open/free media. Good luck and If you are really in a jam I would contact a local prodcution company,(there is always a ton of small scale/night operations) they would be more framilar...

Totally true. Its funny that more people don't realize that. and when you come back and tell them, I paid in full for the_____ rental. they are like in shock. I have had to explain that concept to so many people.

So true Van so sadly true. A very bad example recently occured in our town. The high school stadium needed some structual work. they asked for money and now are building a gateway, restroom/concession complex and a massive iron fence. The electic and masonry labor was all donated, but all told...

My suggestion is (and i am sure you hear this a ton) is find your local community theater and go down, work some shows,get to know the people and develop a good working realtionshp. I have found most theatrical adults more than willing to share thier time and talent for the (and I know this...

I know its seems basic but someone nearly burned our auditorium down a few years ago by doing this, most professional smoke machines will have a venting gap and then another ring. Avioid the impulse to gaff tape it up to stop the leakage. Some leakge is needed to draw air into the system to...

I am soory I was not more exact, we tried the floppy back up and it failed to. WE called ETC scared sh*tles and they we suprised the back up floppy failed, but I also got some new information, it seems a couple of weeks ago the house lights dimmed and got brighter, I did not know this before, is...